--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., ifixrex2000@y... wrote:
> Can the vets out there give any specific suggestions that I can
pass
> on to my vet regarding a 2nd pancreatic sugery? My 3 y.o. had
> surgery 4 months ago in which a single tumor was removed along with
> the tail of the pancreas. What should my vet remove this time
> around? What will be different this time from the first surgery?
>

Unfortunately, there is no way to tell what your vet will find when
he goes in. If the first surgery included a partial pancreatectomy,
this procedure cannot be repeated - so the second surgery will likely
be a nodulectomy.

Only advice is to make sure to do a good inspection of the pancreas
as well as the rest of the abdomen. Some ferrets have 3 or more
surgeries to control diabetes.